Forests

The UK's consumption of cattle products, cocoa, palm oil and soy is putting enormous pressure on forests around the world.

Global heating is contributing to forest fires, and those fires are stoking further heating: a deadly cycle. What can we learn from India's forest survey?

Fragmentation is one of the biggest threats that our wild habitats face today. But new research can help mitigate its effects and revive degraded landscapes.

'Forests are resilient, adaptive, multifaceted, and have offered us real hope that we could find a way through the crisis.'

🌳 Professor Deirdre Heddon and Dr Misha Myers explain how their Walking Library functions as a public artwork connecting people with places and writing.

New study overturns 'conventional wisdom' by finding significant tree evolutionary diversity in temperate and tropical dry forests.

'TreeSisters provides a space for belonging and genuine sisterhood.'

Environmental groups condemn Estonia’s rejection of ‘climate and biodiversity centered’ forestry impact assessment.

Emerging science sheds light on the relationship between virus spread and habitat loss.

Some 600 native trees from oaks, birches and elder to dogwood, crab apple and blackthorn will be planted in Witney, Oxfordshire.

‘We understand the value of forests beyond the price tag of timber. We recognise that our forests are crucial for wildlife to survive.‘

'Governments are weakening environmental protections, violating existing indigenous land rights.'

The tours will teach youngsters about the benefits of forests, different types of woodland habitats and wildlife.

Workers in the forestry sector face threats, violence, poor conditions and non-payment of wages.

New combinations of temperature, precipitation and light will drive changes in biodiversity with some unexpected consequences.

A recently obtained government document shows that Finland is lobbying to hide its emissions from forest loss.

We must double our forests in size - for the climate, for wildlife and for ourselves.

The Cork Oak forests in southern Europe play a huge role in maintaining biodiversity, regulating water cycles, as well as preventing the spread of desertification.

The Food Forest Project provides healthy, organic food for local communities and habitats for wildlife.

Conservationists search for Rufous-necked Hornbills in West Bengal, through rich forests threatened by unrest and development.

The American chestnut is being used as a PR tool for winning over public opinion on the use of biotechnology as a 'tool of conservation'.

A team of researchers from across Europe are praising the transformative impacts of forests on mental health.

Rwandan authorities are partnering with communities to halt the decline of forest cover and produce wood, charcoal and fruit in a sustainable way

England's largest new native forest rises from the wastelands.